Cecilia Keating

Cecilia Keating is the Science section editor at Carbon Brief. She holds a BA in English literature from the University of Bristol and a journalism diploma from Concordia University in Montreal. She was previously features editor at BusinessGreen. She also reported on energy and environment for Canada’s National Observer.

Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario

Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections.

May 20, 2026